Well made and yet inexplicably given away

Rating: 7/10 (13 June 2003)

Contains minor spoilers!
The movie appears to be well-made. The story and some of the shooting - especially the silent London streets - are pretty disturbing, especially in today's context of ever-present threads of new diseases or acts of terror. It doesn't matter that you have seen the theme tens of times before - I am a legend, Mad Max, etc. And yet, you get the feeling that the movie has been given away. It doesn't know what it wants. The turn from an apocalyptic zombie shocker to the psychology of a small group of survivors with about 15 men and 2 women appears strangely unmotivated. The story contains tons of logical flaws (Don't they have tons of bridges in London? Why do they absolutely have to cross the river through a tunnel??) and the (rather simple) happy end is somewhat disappointing... The movie also proves that digital shooting (I don't know what specific technology was used here, maybe it wasn't the best) can still not cope even with smaller screens, the pan-shot across the houses of parliament makes Big Ben dance back and forth across the pixels...
And yet - it is not a movie to see and forget, it's capturing and keeps you thinking for days. 7/10